For the past 30 years, there have been plans by the Nigerian government to establish a major aircraft maintenance facility, but the plans have remained elusive until last week when Air Peace, with government’s affirmation, made substantive commitment to establish one at Lagos airport. Generally, Airlines spend more money on fuel and aircraft maintenance, but […]
It has emerged that Nigeria spends over $2 billion annually on expatriate pilots who fly for schedule commercial airlines, charter service operators, and private jet owners. It was learnt that Nigerian airline operators and aircraft owners pay expatriate pilots about $7,000 per month, and those that have about 3000 flight hours can insist on more, […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema, has stated that the federal government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ administration, made it easy for Nigerian airlines to challenge the status quo on international air routes. Onyema said this yesterday when he used the opportunity to deliver the keynote speech during the Nigeria British […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it would boost revenue by 75 per cent in the next one year, enhance transparent financial transaction and enhance passenger facilitation with the introduction of cashless policy, which kicked off yesterday in Lagos at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The agency said that by the […]
Nigeria has again been re-elected into Part 2 of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada. The country secured a resounding 163 votes out of 185, thus confirming its influence and leadership in international aviation. The announcement of the re-election was made by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, […]
